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| Article Name : | | | ROLE OF MEDIA IN THE ELECTORAL REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN: A STUDY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO 16TH LOKSABHA ELECTION, 2014 | | Author Name : | | | Gunjan Jaiswal , M. K. Padhy | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-6422 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | It is a well known fact for a nation to develop, the participation of both men and women is required. But unfortunately, India is far behind this scenario of participation. After so many years of Independence, Indian policy makers have witnessed very few representations of women in the loksabha as well as in the rajya sabha, let alone the participation at the panchayat level. For empowering women, many laws have been made. Media has also been very active paricipant in giving voice to women. Thus, this paper has worked on the evaluation of the role of media in empowering women and increasing their participation and electoral representation in the political arena of India. This research paper has studied different media used by women candidates to back up their political gaining and empowerment. Paper evaluated the role of social media in erecting the image of women candidates. This paper has worked on the past and present status of women electoral repesentation in the country. | | Keywords : | | - Electoral Representation of Women,Indian policy makers,voice to women,
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